At the end of May we found out about a city councilor late on paying his property taxes ("Duluth councilor's tax debt exposed, settled," May 23). Anyone who thinks he's the only one can think again.
With the economy the way it is, and with people losing jobs, the last thing to pay is going to be property taxes. And why should anyone hurry to pay property taxes? What do we get in return? Streets we can't drive on or streets that don't get plowed or swept. Or we help fund a school board that has gone out of control and is going to cause its school district to go bankrupt.
The city, with out-of-control spending, is not listening to anyone.
So maybe let's all stop paying property taxes, and maybe then the mayor and school board will listen to us.
But then there's another problem citizens of Duluth are facing. That is paying, on average, $7,000 to repair personal sewer lines. Why? Who says my sewer line is leaking? Until the city can prove my sewer line is leaking, Mayor Don Ness and the city of Duluth Water and Gas and Sewer can watch out for lawsuits. The city has hired people over the past year with extra equipment and not done repairs to the city sewer system to prevent problems. That is why we are in this mess.
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So pay your property taxes -- and a little bit more.
Wallace Newquist
Duluth
